George Ade Filmes

  • 1914
    The Fable of 'The Author and the Dear Public and the Plate of Mush'

    The Fable of 'The Author and the Dear Public and the Plate of Mush'

    The Fable of 'The Author and the Dear Public and the Plate of Mush'

    01914HD

    Ernest Coppie, an author, was trying to grind out something that could be sold for enough coin to buy himself a good square meal. He dashed off some...

    The Fable of 'The Author and the Dear Public and the Plate of Mush'
  • 1931
    Young as You Feel

    Young as You Feel

    Young as You Feel

    01931HD

    Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor...

    Young as You Feel
  • 1935
    The County Chairman

    The County Chairman

    The County Chairman

    51935HD

    Based on George Ade's play which, in part, was based on an incident in a 1902 election in Wyoming, with women's-right-to-vote playing a large role....

    The County Chairman
  • 1930
    Maybe It's Love

    Maybe It's Love

    Maybe It's Love

    4.21930HD

    A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president. The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson, the...

    Maybe It's Love
  • 1936
    Freshman Love

    Freshman Love

    Freshman Love

    61936HD

    A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.

    Freshman Love
  • 1923
    Woman-Proof

    Woman-Proof

    Woman-Proof

    01923HD

    At sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.

    Woman-Proof
  • 1922
    Back Home and Broke

    Back Home and Broke

    Back Home and Broke

    01922HD

    When Tom Redding's wealthy father dies and it turns out that all he left Tom was a mountain of debts, all of his "friends" desert him--except young...

    Back Home and Broke
  • 1922
    Our Leading Citizen

    Our Leading Citizen

    Our Leading Citizen

    01922HD

    Story of a war hero who preferred fishing to politics.

    Our Leading Citizen
  • 1915
    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

    01915HD

    Kate had a very devoted beau known as George. George loved the girl so hard that he loved all her relatives. He thought it his duty to give three...

    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
  • 1914
    The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man

    The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man

    The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man

    01914HD

    Buchanan Bartlett, shiftless son of Hiram Bartlett, farmer retired, is sent to college to learn things. Father becomes peeved when he receives a bill...

    The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
  • 1915
    Father and the Boys

    Father and the Boys

    Father and the Boys

    01915HD

    Wealthy stockbroker Lemuel Morewood wants his sons, Billy and Tom, to learn the business and marry Emily Donelson and Frances Berkeley, respectively....

    Father and the Boys
  • 1920
    The Slim Princess

    The Slim Princess

    The Slim Princess

    01920HD

    Kalora is the "slim princess of Morevana," a land in which fat is prized. This distresses her family, who must marry off Kalora, before her rotund...

    The Slim Princess
  • 1914
    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

    01914HD

    Once a lot of grown-up girls organized a club for the discussion of current evils. The principal current evil they discussed was man. The object was...

    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
  • 1915
    The Fable of the Roistering Blades

    The Fable of the Roistering Blades

    The Fable of the Roistering Blades

    01915HD

    Out in the celery belt there is a stunted flag station whose leading citizens still wear gum arctics. In this lonesome kraal two highly respected...

    The Fable of the Roistering Blades
  • 1914
    The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps

    The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps

    The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps

    01914HD

    He was too big for this world when a Phrenologist told him he was a modern Napoleon.

    The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps
  • 1915
    The Slim Princess

    The Slim Princess

    The Slim Princess

    01915HD

    Gloom overcasts the palace of Count Selim Nalagaski, governor general of Morovenia, Turkey. All efforts to make the count's elder daughter, the...

    The Slim Princess
  • 1914
    The Fable of 'How Uncle Brewster Was Too Shifty For the Tempter'

    The Fable of 'How Uncle Brewster Was Too Shifty For the Tempter'

    The Fable of 'How Uncle Brewster Was Too Shifty For the Tempter'

    01914HD

    Aunt Mahaley knew Uncle Brewster was sporty, and when he went to the city to pay off his mortgage she warned him about being too free with his coin....

    The Fable of 'How Uncle Brewster Was Too Shifty For the Tempter'
  • 1925
    Old Home Week

    Old Home Week

    Old Home Week

    01925HD

    Tom Clark, the part owner of a luckless gas station in New York, returns to his place of birth for Old Home Week, posing as the millionaire president...

    Old Home Week
  • 1914
    The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth

    The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth

    The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth

    01914HD

    Old man Suggs was feeling Kippy one day, so his son Joel, a little short of pocket money, persuades him to sign over all his property to him, and...

    The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth
  • 1914
    The Fable of 'The Long Range Lover and the Lollypalooze'

    The Fable of 'The Long Range Lover and the Lollypalooze'

    The Fable of 'The Long Range Lover and the Lollypalooze'

    01914HD

    Blackstone Cooley, a studious young lawyer, could not see the girls for dust. One day while walking down the street he ran squat into a dame who...

    The Fable of 'The Long Range Lover and the Lollypalooze'